• The Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque on a foggy morning. Victor Besa / The National
    The Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque on a foggy morning. Victor Besa / The National
  • The Aldar Headquarters building is engulfed by fog at the Al Raha Creek, Abu Dhabi. Victor Besa / The National
    The Aldar Headquarters building is engulfed by fog at the Al Raha Creek, Abu Dhabi. Victor Besa / The National
  • Foggy morning at the Al Raha Creek, Abu Dhabi. Victor Besa / The National
    Foggy morning at the Al Raha Creek, Abu Dhabi. Victor Besa / The National
  • The Sheikh Zayed Bridge on a foggy morning. Victor Besa / The National
    The Sheikh Zayed Bridge on a foggy morning. Victor Besa / The National
  • The Al Maqta area on a foggy morning. Victor Besa / The National
    The Al Maqta area on a foggy morning. Victor Besa / The National
  • The Sheikh Zayed Bridge on a foggy morning. Victor Besa / The National
    The Sheikh Zayed Bridge on a foggy morning. Victor Besa / The National
  • Fog also rolled across Dubai as the weather turns to winter. Antonie Robertson / The National
    Fog also rolled across Dubai as the weather turns to winter. Antonie Robertson / The National
  • Buses in Dubai navigate the early morning fog. Antonie Robertson / The National
    Buses in Dubai navigate the early morning fog. Antonie Robertson / The National
  • Motorists travel through early morning fog in Dubai. Antonie Robertson / The National
    Motorists travel through early morning fog in Dubai. Antonie Robertson / The National
  • Fog in Dubai becomes more common from September. Antonie Robertson / The National
    Fog in Dubai becomes more common from September. Antonie Robertson / The National
  • Dubai fog starts to clear. Antonie Robertson / The National
    Dubai fog starts to clear. Antonie Robertson / The National

UAE weather: foggy start in Abu Dhabi as police urge caution on the roads


Gillian Duncan
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Police have warned drivers to take care on the roads after thick fog blanketed parts of the UAE on Wednesday.

Murky conditions cut a swathe through the country, starting at the Abu Dhabi-Dubai border and extending west towards Saudi Arabia.

Motorists heading to Abu Dhabi from Dubai reported thick fog affecting visibility on the E11 motorway.

The fog is expected to lift by 9am, leaving a fair to partly cloudy day, with a slight rise in temperatures.

Temperatures will hit 25°C in Abu Dhabi and Dubai. It will be sunny in the capital, but cloudier in Dubai.

Winds will be light to moderate and the conditions will be calm in the Arabian Gulf and the Sea of Oman.

Temperatures will climb again on Thursday to highs of 26°C in Abu Dhabi and 27°C in Dubai.

However, residents have been warned to expect a "significant drop" in temperatures by the weekend, the National Centre of Meteorology reports.

The significantly colder weather is set to hit western and coastal areas by Friday, the NCM said.

On Tuesday forecasters noted the coldest temperature recorded over the UAE was 6.5°C in Raknah in Al Ain.

And figures this low could be widespread across the UAE by the weekend, the NCM said.

Updated: January 26, 2022, 4:26 AM